Misfar Ghazi

Misfar Ghazi (11 January 1940-17 June 1984) was a Druze militia commander during the Lebanese Civil War. Affiliated with the Lebanese National Movement, Ghazi was killed by the Syrian Arab Army on 17 June 1984.

Biography
Misfar Ghazi was born on 11 January 1940 in Chebaa, Nabatieh Governorate in eastern Lebanon to a Druze family. Concerned with the rights of the Druze people during the Lebanese Civil War, Ghazi joined the Progressive Socialist Party of Kamal Jumblatt so that he could fight against the invading Syrian Arab Republic and Israel. Ghazi became a leader of Druze militia that fought against both sides, and on 17 June 1984 he was killed in a Syrian assault on his LNM positions in the Bekaa Valley.